Section: Daily News & Analysis (India)
Rio 2016: 31 athletes caught in drug retests, might face ban
In a major doping crackdown stretching back eight years, 31 athletes in six sports could be barred from competing in this year’s Olympics after they were caught in retesting of drug samples from the 2008 Beijing Games, and other positive cases could emerge from the 2012 London Games. The International Olympic Committee opened disciplinary...
Euro 2016: Usuals Modric and Rakitic in, Liverpool’s Lovren fails to make the cut in Croatia’s provisional squad
Croatia coach Ante Cacic has left Liverpool defender Dejan Lovren out of his provisional 27-man squad for the European Championship after they fell out in March during a friendly against Hungary. Lovren was an unused substitute in the 1-1 draw and later made angry remarks about Cacic, who axed him after the centre back stopped warming up when he...
European Round-up: From Zlatan and Pep’s fitting farewell to Leicester and Higuain make history and more
An enthralling 2015-16 season of football nears it’s end. With all the major leagues concluded, people anxiously wait for the UEFA Champions League and Europa League finals. Meanwhile, Luis Suarez bagged a hat-trick to lead Barcelona to a 3-0 La Liga win at Granada that allowed the Catalans to retain their league title. Manchester City...
Germany says Russia probably behind cyber attack on Bundestag
Russian intelligence agencies were probably responsible for a massive cyber attack on Germany’s lower house of parliament last year which forced its computer systems to be shut down for days, Germany’s domestic intelligence agency said on Friday. The agency, known as the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV),...
Reliance Defence gets 16 licences for high technology equipment
Reliance Defence on Thursday said it has received 16 industrial licences for the manufacture of a wide array of high technology equipment that includes small arms, heavy weapons, armoured vehicles, ammunition, explosives, electronic warfare systems and missiles. “Of the 16 new licences given to Reliance Defence Ltd, 11 pertain to Land...
Sweatcoin: This Apple app pays people to get fit
A free smartphone app that will pay people to be physically active launches on Wednesday in Britain, with users given digital “sweatcoins” depending on how many steps they take that can be exchanged for rewards or traded like money. It’s the latest initiative in an emerging fitness economy that includes all manner of monitoring...
Panama Papers: Investigators raid Mossack Fonseca property, seize shredded papers
Panamanian investigators on Friday raided a property used by Mossack Fonseca, the law firm at the centre of a massive leak of offshore financial data, removing bags full of shredded documents as evidence, a local prosecutor said. “We have secured a large amount of evidence found in the location,” said organised crime investigator...
FIFA president Infantino claims World Cup 2018 could be first with video technology
FIFA president Gianni Infantino said that testing is to begin on video technology that could be ready to use at the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Speaking during a visit to Moscow to check on preparations for the 2018 football showpiece, Infantino also said the hard graft “starts now” in the crisis-hit country. But after the International...
Iran struggles to find enough ships for oil exports
Iran faces a struggle to increase oil exports because many of its tankers are tied up storing crude, some are not seaworthy, and foreign shipowners remain reluctant to carry its cargoes. Tehran is seeking to make up for lost trade to Europe following the lifting of EU sanctions imposed in 2011 and 2012, which deprived it of a market that...
Two Indian students stabbed to death in Ukraine, another injured
In an unfortunate incident, two Indian students were on Sunday stabbed to death, while one was critically injured in Ukraine. The incident took place in Uzhgorod Medical College of the country. According to initial reports, the condition of the survivor is critical and he is recuperating. “Pranav Shaindilya and Ankur Singh died while...
